Island Roads brings in 9 new electric vehicles in Net Zero drive

The Isle of Wight’s highway service, Island Roads continues its switch to electric vehicles with the introduction of nine new electric vehicles.

The move comes as part of their bid to hit a 40 percent carbon reduction target within seven years. The company has ambitions to become completely carbon neutral by 2025.

Having purchased six Renault Kangoos and three Nissan E-NV200s, Island Roads plan to add ten more electric vehicles within the next financial year. The charging infrastructure at their Dodnor HQ has been upgraded in preparation. 

Island Roads’ Service Director, Steve Ashman said of the purchase: “These new vehicles are a further positive step towards our wider aims of reducing our carbon footprint but we are under no illusions, there is much more to do if we are to achieve these ambitious targets.

“Our approach is to, wherever possible, upgrade electric vehicles year on year as our existing fleet needs replacing. The vans we have just received will replace those brought in 2013 and are now at the end of their lives.

“In a multi-faceted business like ours there are many things to be considered so change cannot be achieved overnight. But we are determined to achieve our carbon reduction goals in the coming years and the ongoing introduction of electric vehicles as and when technology allows will continue to be a big part of that.”

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